| Mukul Wasnik | |
| Native Name: | मुकुल बाळकृष्ण वासनिक |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1959 |
| Birth Place: | New Delhi, India |
| Office: | General Secretary of AICC incharge of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee |
| Term Start: | 24 December 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Raghu Sharma |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha |
| Constituency1: | Rajasthan |
| Termstart1: | 5 July 2022 |
| Office2: | President of the Indian Youth Congress |
| Term Start2: | 1988 |
| Term End2: | 1990 |
| Office3: | President of the National Students Union of India |
| Term Start3: | 1984 |
| Term End3: | 1986 |
| Predecessor3: | Ramesh Chennithala |
| Successor3: | Manish Tewari |
| Office4: | Treasurer of National Students Union of India |
| Term Start4: | 1984 |
| Term End4: | 1985 |
| Office5: | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Predecessor5: | Meira Kumar |
| Successor5: | Selja Kumari |
| Term Start5: | 31 May 2009 |
| Term End5: | 27 October 2012 |
| Office6: | Ministry of Education India |
| Term Start6: | 1993 |
| Term End6: | 1996 |
| Office7: | Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports |
| Term Start7: | 1993 |
| Term End7: | 1996 |
| Office8: | Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs |
| Term Start8: | 1993 |
| Term End8: | 1996 |
| Minister8: | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Office9: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start9: | 2009 |
| Term End9: | 2014 |
| Predecessor9: | Prakash Jadhav |
| Successor9: | Krupal Tumane |
| Constituency9: | Ramtek |
| Term Start10: | 1998 |
| Term End10: | 1999 |
| Predecessor10: | Anandrao Vithoba Adsul |
| Constituency10: | Buldhana |
| Term Start11: | 1991 |
| Term End11: | 1996 |
| Successor11: | Anandrao Vithoba Adsul |
| Constituency11: | Buldhana |
| Term Start12: | 1984 |
| Term End12: | 1989 |
| Constituency12: | Buldhana |
| Education: | BSc, MBA |
| Alma Mater: | University of Nagpur |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse: | Ravina Wasnik |
| Father: | Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik |
Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik (born 27 September 1959) is an Indian Politician and a member of the Parliament. He was the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in Government of India.[1] He represented the Ramtek constituency of Maharashtra from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is also a General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. In 2022, Wasnik was elected member of the Rajya Sabha.
Wasnik was born in a Buddhist family to Veteran Congress leader and three time MP, Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik.[2] [3]
Earlier Wasnik represented Buldhana of Maharashtra during 8th Lok Sabha 1984–1989, 10th Lok Sabha during 1991–1996, and 12th Lok Sabha during 1998–1999. In 1984, Wasnik became the youngest Member of Parliament aged 25. He has tended to win and lose alternately. From Buldhana - winning in 1984 and losing the next in 1989, winning in 1991 and losing the next in 1996, winning in 1998 and losing in 1999.[4] Then winning from Ramtek in 2009 and losing the next one from there in 2014.
Wasnik was elected as the National President of National Students Union of India during 1984–1986.
Later Wasnik was elected as President of Indian Youth Congress during 1988–1990.
In June 2022, Wasnik was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Indian National Congress nomination.[5]
In March 2020, Mukul Wasnik married his friend Raveena Khurana at the age of 60.[6] In 2008, Wasnik suffered a brain haemorrhage.[7]